Just in time for St. Patrick's day, Boston College has announced it's > putting online the "Missing Friends" column through which Irish immigrants > in Boston tried to find relatives and friends they'd lost track of. > > This is potentially an incredibly useful resource for those of us > searching for *our* relatives. It previously was available only as an > eight-volume collection of books. > > The database is at <infowanted.bc.edu> > > There's a long article about the ads and the database in today's Boston > Globe: > <http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/03/17/the_irish_immigrant_past_gets_tie_to_today/> > > --

Genealogy classes for the Spring of 2005 Irish American Cultural Institute of Central New York 4/12/05 Jean Nudd, Archivist at the National Archives in Pittsfield, MA, presents: Locating Your Ancestor in the Canadian Border Crossing Records at the National Archives 4/26/05 Dolores King, Gaylord Brothers, presents: Preservation Techniques for your Family Treasures 5/10/05 Jane Tracy, Town of Onondaga Historian, presents: The Onondaga County Poorhouse 5/17/05 Research at the OCPL Local History and Genealogy Room All Classes will meet in locations in Syracuse, NY from 6 - 8 PM. Fieldtrips to the National Archives in Pittsfield, MA and the Town of Onondaga Museum are also planned Cost: $20 for IACI members, $60 for non members ($40 can be applied for dues) Contact: Anne Ruggeri (email: [email protected]) for more information Send CHECKS made payable to the IACI of CNY to: Sheila Comerford, Treasurer 5050 Bridle Path Rd. Fayetteville, NY 13066 Thank you. Because I know only too well how the local economy is, Jean Nudd's presentation is Free and open to the Public at the OCPL Curtin Auditorium. You do not have to be registered for the entire class series to attend. When you are able to make a donation, please try to remember the following groups that make this Spring 2005s series of classes possible -- The Irish American Cultural Institute of Central, NY, The Friend's of the Silvio O. Conte National Archives, The Town of Onondaga Historical Society, and The Local History and Genealogy Department of the Onondaga County Public Library. All of these not for profit groups need your continued support to keep these valuable resources available for all to use! Thanks, Anne.

> > Does anyone have access to the census records who would be willing to do a > lookup for me? I am looking for the following entries for my > ggg-grandfather > Henry Hanes. > > The 1830 census is online, and he is found in Marathon. He is also found > in > Marathon on the online 1840 census index. I assume he should be in > Marathon > for the 1835 State census too. I would like the census entries for the > following: > > 1835 NY State Census for Marathon > 1840 Marathon, pg 54 listed as H. Hanes > > Thank you! > Laura Bent 1840 Marathon Males - 101001 0000000 Females - 110010 0000000 Columns with data - <5; 5-10; 10-15; 15-20; 20-30; 30-40. Remainder of columns blank, except for 1 listed for occupation - manufactures and trades. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell [email protected]

Does anyone have access to the census records who would be willing to do a lookup for me? I am looking for the following entries for my ggg-grandfather Henry Hanes. The 1830 census is online, and he is found in Marathon. He is also found in Marathon on the online 1840 census index. I assume he should be in Marathon for the 1835 State census too. I would like the census entries for the following: 1835 NY State Census for Marathon 1840 Marathon, pg 54 listed as H. Hanes Thank you! Laura Bent

Chenango County - previously reported on the Chenango list: Index; Congregational Church and Old West Hill Meeting House - which is chock full of names to Sherburne's Centennial Celebration - 1893 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/shr100t.htm A few pages remain of this - coding that at the present time ====================================== Cortland County - Letter H of the 1850 Alpha Census listing http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm 1 letter remains (G) ------------------------------------- Updated Smith's 1885 History of Cortland County to show what the first 18 chapters cover, plus which chapters are out to transcribers / waiting to be proofed and coded. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/smithhis.htm ====================================== Madison County - Several more pages of the New Woodstock history. 124 pages now online. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/nwdstock.htm Surnames: Buckingham Buell Cardner Cummings Jaquith Kellogg Manning, Rev. Parker, Dr. Pratt, Rev. Stoddard Wheelock ----------------- 1899 index - Letter R and a portion of S surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/1899hist.htm plus and update of what chapters are out for transcribing / awaiting coding. -------------------- The remainder of the book covering the 50th Anniversary of the Oneida Presbyterian Church - 1894 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/opc.htm ------------------- Georgetown cemetery listing for Hillside cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/hillside.htm ================================================= For all 3 counties, exchanging material and selections with 17 transcribers. 10 transcriptions returned, waiting to be coded, placed on-line, announced. 18 selections out to transcribers. Tim

Chenango County - Proofing and coding - Sherburne Centennial ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letter M of the 1850 Alpha Census listing http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm 2 letters remain (G, H) ------------------------------- Madison County - Several more pages of the New Woodstock history. 118 pages now online. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/nwdstock.htm Surnames: Burdick, M. R. Clark Drake Fox Freeborn, Newell V. Huntley Smith, Dr. A. D. Proofing / coding: Hillside Cemetery - Georgetown 1899 index ================== For all 3 getting material ready to send off to transcribers. Tim

I've sent this inquiry a while back, but I'm asking again, hoping ============================== I am seeking any information at all on the parents of Wilson Parker, born 24 Feb 1776 in Monmouth Co., NJ died 12 Mar 1839 in Cortland County, NY and Rhoda Thorpe, (daughter of Isaac Thorpe and unknown) born 28 Feb 1784 in New Jersey and died 21 Jan 1864 in Cortland County, NY.

Chenango County - Section O of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm All sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letter S of the 1850 Alpha Census listing http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm 3 letters remain (G, H, M) ------------------------------- Madison County - Several more pages of the New Woodstock history. 112 pages now online. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/nwdstock.htm Surnames: Boyd Brownson Kellogg Smith Stuart Worlock Tim

Volunteer update: Chenango - 4 Cortland - 7 Madison - 4 General - 2 If you've signed up with me in the past, please do so again. This morning I've sent a list of material available for transcription to those who've volunteered to help. Chenango - 2 books or parts thereof - approximately 397 pages of material Madison - 7 books or parts thereof - approximatley 1580 pages of material Cortland - 10 books or parts thereof - approximatley 1470 pages of material So a nice selection of material which hopefully will arrive on your doorstep sometime this year. In the meanwhile I'll be scouring around for more material and/or working on material previously sent to me, not listed above. Tim

I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED A RELATIVE WHO LIVED IN CORTLAND FROM 1908 - 1946 I THINK. SOMEHOW ANCESTRY IS TELLING ME HE DIED IN 1946. HIS WIFE WAS LUELLA. BOTH OF BIRTH YEARS WERE 1881. WILLIAM SERVED IN WW1. FROM THE TWO CENSUS RECORDS I HAVE FOR 1920 AND 30 I CANNOT FIND OUT IF THEIR WERE CHILDREN. CAN ANYONE GIVE MY ANYMORE INFORMATION THAT WHAT I HAVE. HIS FATHER WAS DAVID ROLFE A CIVIL WAR VET.

Chenango County - Section L of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 22 of 23 sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letter R of the 1850 Alpha Census listing http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm 4 letters remain (G, H, M, S) ------------------------------- Madison County - Several more pages of the New Woodstock history. 105 pages now online. Page 124 ends the family sketches, with the remainder of the book holding miscellaneous detail and ads. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/nwdstock.htm Surnames: Gorton Hart Fuller Lewis Lucas Richmond Slocum ========================== Volunteer update: Chenango - 2 Cortland - 6 Madison - 3 General - 2 Thanks ya'll. Tim

Chenango County: Section N of Fairview Cemetey added. Two sections remain. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm ======================= Cortland County: Letter T of the 1850 Alpha Census listing http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm ======================= Madison County: New pages to add as soon as I get past a coding problem with the page for New Woodstock history =========================================== Volunteer update: Cortland - 4 Madison - 2 General - 1 If you've signed up with me in the past, please do so again. Thanks, Tim

Chenango County: continuing work on Fairview cemetery - 3 sections left formatting Sherburne centennial material formatting 1860 census for Bainbridge ======================= Cortland County: continuing work on 1850 census alpha listing - 6 letters left formatting work on Cortland history ======================= Madison County: proofing/coding Hillside cemetery proofing/coding Oneida Presbyterian Church 1894 history transcribing New Woodstock history =========================================== Under the title that many hands make light work - as I've acquired a better way to get material out quicker to transcribers - I'm wondering if it would be of use to let you folks know by county what I'd like to have transcribers work on - what you could choose from? At present I have: Cortland - 2 active transcribers (James Knapp, asst CC as one of them) Chenango - 2 active transcribers (Elaine Decker, Mary Hafler) Madison - 3 transcribers (Pam Beger, plus 2 whom I've not heard from in a long, long time) Now to be fair there are others of you who have volunteered in the past, but I'd like to get a new group together and start fresh. I have waiting in the wings books (full or partial) for: Chenango - 5 (3 which just need coding) (1 in progress) Cortland - 10 (1 now being transcribed by James Knapp) (1 in progress) Madison - 11 (2 which just need coding) (3 in progress) These books / publications run from just a few pages to several hundred. Now I can with a couple of people helping eventually get these online - but the more the better / quicker it will be done. For those wondering what's involved - I would send you scanned pages of a section or chapter of a book, first a sample page to make sure you get it ok and can read it to transcribe from. If you could, then the section/chapter would be sent to you page by page. You would type up the selection and send me back a copy of your transcription. This could be in the form of a Word document, text, rich text format, some sort of word processing program. No need for you to worry about fancy type, italicized words, text size for I'd adjust that in the proofing / coding phase for my HTML editor strips out most of the formatting that word processing programs put in. I'd proof and format the material and place it online, giving you credit for the transcription. Interested parties please contact me. Thanks, Tim

I am seeking information on an Edward WILCOX (1779-1869), who married an Anna Benjamin abt. 1807 in DeRuyter, Madison Co., New York. I do not know much about this family, other than they lived in Truxton, Cortland Co., New York during the 1820-1840 timeframe & were buried in the Old Burial Ground in DeRuyter. I believe that my 3G-grandfather, Schuyler WILCOX, was their son and was born abt. 1808. In 1820, Edward WILCOX has 2 sons & 5 daughters and Schuyler fits the age group. From several of Schuyler's children's death certificates, they cite him as their father and his birthplace on all death certificates is listed as Truxton, Cortland Co., New York. Schuyler died in 1848, abt. age 40, well before Edward's death in 1869. All of Schuyler's children would have known their grandfather, especially if their father died at such an early age & their grandfather helped Schuyler's wife care for their children. Schuyler & his wife, Marilla PERRY, lived in Georgetown, which is not far from DeRuyter & Truxton. If any has information about this family & could assist me, it would be greatly appreciated! Michael Seamans

I just added town histories for the towns of North Norwich, Ostelic, Pharsalia, Pitcher, Plymouth, Preston, Smithville and Smyrna, Chenango County, New York to the New York town history section of my web site. These are smaller than the ones that I have for Cortland and Madison and Tioga Counties, but still of help in research. I also have histories for Norwich, Oxford and Sherburne, Chenango County if someone would be interested in helping type something up for the web site. You would recieve credit (your name on the page as the typest for it) and if would be yours if you want to send it to another web site. These 3 are a little larger (5 to 8 pages each) than the ones that I just put online and any help would be appreciated. Also I have the towns of Owego (30 pages), Condor (27 pages) and Spencer (30 pages) in Tioga County if someone would like to type one of them up. Most other towns in Tioga County are online. In a few days I should have the towns in Deliware County in files to be typed up. If you would be interested in helping to type one of these please contact me off of the list. I don't tell others who is typing something until it goes online just in case something comes up and it is not finished. Some others could get upset with you. Cheers Ray Brown http://www.rays-place.com .

Looking for "[email protected]" in regards to the SMITH obits he found posted on the Cortland genweb. I tried to email him but my mail bounced to that address. I was surprised as his posting was Jan 2005 I posted those obits in hopes of someone in our family finding them. Please contact: [email protected] Anne _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Chenango County - Sections B, E, G and R of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 20 of 23 sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letter C of the 1850 Alpha Census listing (this was fairly large so it took a bit of time to do) http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm I ran into a problem with the R's and am waiting to hear back from Dot regarding it. ------------------------------- Madison County - Several more pages of the New Woodstock history. 95 pages now online. Page 124 ends the family sketches, with the remainder of the book holding miscellaneous detail and ads. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/nwdstock.htm Surnames: Barnard Churchward Cunningham Ellis Judson Slocum Thomas Thompson Tim

HI List, Would some one give me the name of the paper Cortland paper that would have obits for the late 70's and 80's? A uncle and aunt of mine died and I am wondering if their obits might be in the paper seeing that they lived in Cortland most of their married lives. The dates would be date of birth May 4, 1894 and death would be Oct. 1978 for Wava and for William April 28 for birth and Nov. 1981 for death. I would also like to know what cemetery and or funeral home they might have used to make the final arrangements? Any and all help is appreciated. The last question is this do the Cortland Paper/S have obit's on line and do they go back that far? Thank you. Joan Beebe Meddaugh

I seen once an obituary for Henry Gardner, who died July 1870 in Homer, Cortland County. I now can't seem to find it. Can you give me some ideas where this would be. He was 82 years old when he died. I am looking for Elizabeth Gardner in the 1875 census. She would be around 71. She could be listed as Eliza or Elisabeth. In 1865, Henry and Elizabeth were listed as owning property. Thanks Wendy Washington State

Looking for descendants of any Caldwell family that lived in Middleburg, Schoharie County 1810 - 1830. Looking for descendants of any Caldwell family that lived in Fulton County (NY) around 1830- 1840. Looking for descendants of any Caldwell family that lived in Montgomery County (NY) around 1830- 1840. Looking for descendants of any Caldwell family that lived in Cortland County (NY) around 1840- 1850. Looking for descendants of any Caldwell family that lived in Niagara County (NY) around 1840- 1850. Looking for descendants of any Caldwell family that lived in Orleans County (NY) around 1850- 1880. Townships were Shelby and Barre and village of Medina. Connections to James Caldwell and Deborah. Connections to James Caldwell and Margaret. Connections to Joseph and Gertrude. Connections to William and Mahala. Connections to James Wm Caldwell and Agnes. James lived to almost 100 and Joseph lived to over 90. Both James and Joseph had very large families (over 15). James was born in Ireland 1775 and his brother Joseph 1776. Looking for descendants of my Caldwell family that lived in Hillsdale County (MI) around 1860- 1900. Villages of Litchfield, Jonesville, and Hillsdale(~1870). Connections to Thomas, John, William, James, & Mary Jane. Later in Missaukee County and Wexford County(MI). Villages of Lake City, Reeder, and Manton Michigan. Connections to Thomas, John, George, and William. If you know of any Caldwells in these areas in these times, please e-mail me with any information of any Caldwells. Doug Caldwell --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'